Christian Bjørnskov

Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business

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Aarhus V, DK-8210

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Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

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1.

Types of Foreign Aid

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2014
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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foreign aid, dimensionality, development, economic growth

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The Bigger the Better? Evidence of the Effect of Government Size on Life Satisfaction Around the World

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Nov 2005
Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher and Justina A. V. Fischer
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, Heidelberg University and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
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Life satisfaction, Government

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Politics and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe: A Panel Data Analysis

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 02 May 2010
Christian Bjørnskov and Niklas Potrafke
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
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Central and Eastern Europe, Ideology, Privatization, Panel Data

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The Determinants of Trust

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 09 May 2006
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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trust, social capital, institutions, inequality

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How Does Social Trust Affect Economic Growth?

Aarhus Economics Working Paper No. 06-2
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 May 2006 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2014
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Growth, Trust, Transmission mechanisms

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Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity: Some Cross-Country Evidence

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Apr 2007
Christian Bjørnskov and Nicolai J. Foss
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and The Rodolfo Debenedetti Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship Department of Management and Technology
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Economic freedom, entrepreneurship, cross-country variation

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Social Trust and Economic Growth

Forthcoming, Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust, (Eric M. Uslaner, ed.) ISBN: 9780190274801
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Jan 2017
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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O10, N40, Z13

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Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth: What Do We Know? And What Do We Still Need to Know?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Jan 2016
Christian Bjørnskov and Nicolai J. Foss
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and The Rodolfo Debenedetti Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship Department of Management and Technology
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Entrepreneurship, judgment, the theory of the firm, institutional economics

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... and the Pursuit of Happiness - Wellbeing and the Role of Government

Institute of Economic Affairs Monographs, Readings 64, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-25
Number of pages: 127 Posted: 25 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2013
Christian Bjørnskov, Peter J. Boettke, Philip Booth, Christopher J. Coyne, Marc De Vos, Paul Ormerod, Daniel W. Sacks, Pedro Schwartz, J. R. Shackleton, Chris Snowdon, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, George Mason University - Department of Economics, City University London - Sir John Cass Business School, George Mason University - Department of Economics, Macquarie Law School, Volterra Consulting, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Westminster Business School, Independent, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
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happiness economics, wellbeing, government spending, economic theory

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Is Social Capital a Good Concept?

Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, Chicago, April 22-25, 2010
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Apr 2010
Christian Bjørnskov and Kim Mannemar Sønderskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Aarhus University - Department of Political Science
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Social Capital, Principal Components Analysis, Concept Formation

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Inequality and Happiness: When Perceived Social Mobility and Economic Reality Do Not Match

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Inequality and Happiness: When Perceived Social Mobility and Economic Reality Do Not Match

CEIS Working Paper No. 173
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 Nov 2010
Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher, Justina A. V. Fischer and Jan Schnellenbach
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, Heidelberg University, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Institute for Economics, Chair for Microeconomics
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Happiness, Life Satisfaction, Subjective Well-Being, Inequality, Income Distribution, Redistribution, Political Ideology, Justice, Fairness, World Values Survey

Inequality and Happiness: When Perceived Social Mobility and Economic Reality do not Match

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3216
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Oct 2010
Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher, Justina A. V. Fischer and Jan Schnellenbach
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, Heidelberg University, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Institute for Economics, Chair for Microeconomics
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happiness, life satisfaction, subjective well-being, inequality, income distribution, redistribution, political ideology, justice, fairness, World Values Survey

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The Determinants of Emergency Constitutions

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 02 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2016
Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
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constitutional emergency provisions, state of emergency, état de siege, regime transformation

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Combating Corruption: On the Interplay between Institutional Quality and Social Trust

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Apr 2008
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Corruption, Rent-seeking, Social trust

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Do Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurship Impact Total Factor Productivity?

SMG Working Paper No. 8/2010
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Sep 2010
Christian Bjørnskov and Nicolai J. Foss
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and The Rodolfo Debenedetti Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship Department of Management and Technology
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Total factor productivity, freedom variables, self-employment

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Historical Correlates of Social Trust

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Z13, P16, N43

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Does Religiosity Promote or Discourage Social Trust? Evidence from Cross-Country and Cross-State Comparisons

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 26 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2009
Niclas Berggren and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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trust, religiosity, religion, social capital

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What Buys Happiness? Analyzing Trends in Subjective Well-Being in 15 European Countries, 1973-2002

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1716
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Aug 2005
Christian Bjørnskov, Nabanita Datta Gupta and Peder J. Pedersen
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, Department of Economics and Business, Aarhus University and Arhus University - Centre for Labour Market and Social Research (CLS)
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subjective well-being, economic factors

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Economic Growth: A Social Capital Survey

HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL CAPITAL, Gert Svendsen, Gunnar Svendsen, eds., Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, May 2007
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Jun 2008
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Social capital, Economic growth

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Do Social Rights Affect Social Outcomes?

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Sep 2013
Christian Bjørnskov and Jacob Mchangama
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and The Freedom Rights Project - Center for Political Studies
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human rights, human development, constitutional political economy

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Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Exploring Different Determinants Across Groups in Society

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Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Exploring Different Determinants Across Groups in Society

Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF) Working Paper No. 145, STICERD, London School of Economics Working Paper No. PEPP-21
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 03 Nov 2005
Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher and Justina A. V. Fischer
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, Heidelberg University and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
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Life Satisfaction, Happiness, Institutions, Extreme Bounds Analysis

Cross-Country Determinants of Life Satisfaction: Exploring Different Determinants Across Groups in Society

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. PEPP21
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 11 Jul 2008
Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher and Justina A. V. Fischer
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, Heidelberg University and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
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Economic Growth and Institutional Reform in Modern Monarchies and Republics: A Historical Cross-Country Perspective 1820-2000

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 02 Apr 2008
Christian Bjørnskov and Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Copenhagen
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Growth, Institutions, Reform, Monarchy

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Exploiting the Poor: Bureaucratic Corruption and Poverty in Africa

Afrobarometer Working Paper No. 139
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Oct 2012
Mogens K. Justesen and Christian Bjørnskov
Copenhagen Business School and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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bribery, corruption, poverty, Africa, political economy

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An Offer You Can’t Refuse: Murdering Journalists as an Enforcement Mechanism of Corrupt Deals

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Mar 2011
Christian Bjørnskov and Andreas Freytag
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Jena - Department of Economics
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Corruption, rent-seeking, murder

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On the Relation between Income Inequality and Happiness: Do Fairness Perceptions Matter?

CEGE Discussions Paper No. 91
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 10 Jan 2010
Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher, Justina A. V. Fischer and Jan Schnellenbach
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, Heidelberg University, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Institute for Economics, Chair for Microeconomics
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Happiness, life satisfaction, subjective well-being, inequality, income distribution, redistribution, political ideology, justice, fairness, World Values Survey

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On Gender Inequality and Life Satisfaction: Does Discrimination Matter?

University of St. Gallen, Economics Discussion Paper No. 2007-07
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Apr 2007
Justina A. V. Fischer, Christian Bjørnskov and Axel Dreher
Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Heidelberg University
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Gender gap, happiness, well-being, discrimination, life satisfaction

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On the Determinants of Social Trust in the United States

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Sep 2008
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Social Trust, Inequality, Panel Data

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The Architecture of Emergency Constitutions

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 22 Jun 2016
Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
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constitutional emergency provisions, state of emergency, état de siege, regime transformation

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Historical Trust Levels Predict Current Welfare State Design

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Dec 2009
Andreas Bergh and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Political Ideology and Economic Freedom Across Canadian Provinces

Centre Emile Bernheim Research Institue in Management Sciences Working Paper No. 09/054
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 16 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 02 May 2010
Niklas Potrafke and Christian Bjørnskov
CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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economic freedom, taxation, regulations, ideology, panel data

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The Spirits of Capitalism and Socialism - A Cross-Country Study of Ideology

Univ. of Aarhus Dept. of Economics Working Paper No. 2009-18
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 Jan 2010
Christian Bjørnskov and Martin Paldam
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Aarhus University - Department of Economics
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Property rights, ideology, institutions

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Democratic Transitions and Institutional Change: What's Behind the Association?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 May 2014
Christian Bjørnskov and Martin Rode
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Navarra
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Political regimes, Democratization, Economic institutions, Instability

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Economic Freedom and Economic Crisis

IFN Working Paper No. 1056
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2015
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Crisis, economic freedom, institutions

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Does Religiosity Promote or Discourage Property Rights and the Rule of Law?

APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 01 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 04 Aug 2011
Christian Bjørnskov and Niclas Berggren
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
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Religion, religiosity, property rights, rule of law, legal quality, institutions

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Why Do Governments Call a State of Emergency? – On the Determinants of Using Emergency Constitutions

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Jun 2017
Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
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State of Emergency, Emergency Constitutions, Natural Disasters, Power-Maximizing Politicians

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Growth, Debt Burdens and Alleviating Effects of Foreign Aid in Least Developed Countries

Aarhus School of Business Department of Economics Working Paper No. 07-1
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Jun 2007
Christina Bjerg, Christian Bjørnskov and Anne Holm
Aarhus University - School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Economic growth, foreign aid, external debt

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The Political Economy of Trust

Forthcoming in Oxford Handbook of Public Choice (Roger Congleton, Bernard Grofman and Stefan Voigt, eds.)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Apr 2017
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Hayek-Friedman in the Press: Is There an Association between Economic Freedom and Press Freedom?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Mar 2016
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Democracy, Economic Freedom, Press Freedom, Human Rights

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Constitutional Property Rights Protection and Economic Growth: Evidence From the Post-Communist Transition

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Feb 2012
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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property rights, constitutional political economy, transition

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The Growth Effects of Institutional Instability

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Jun 2009
Andreas Bergh, Niclas Berggren and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Institutions, Instability, Growth, Transaction costs, Uncertainty

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Trust and Delegation: Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Mar 2014
Nurullah Gur and Christian Bjørnskov
Istanbul Commerce University and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Social trust, economic development, delegation

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Does Religiosity Promote Property Rights and the Rule of Law?

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Does Religiosity Promote Property Rights and the Rule of Law?

IFN Working Paper No. 905
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2012
Niclas Berggren and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Religion, religiosity, rule of law, property rights, institutions

Does Religiosity Promote Property Rights and the Rule of Law?

ICER Working Paper No. 2/2012
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Sep 2012
Niclas Berggren and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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religion, religiosity, rule of law, property rights, institutions

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Trust, Welfare States and Income Equality: What Causes What?

IFN Working Paper No. 994
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Feb 2014
Andreas Bergh and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Social trust, Inequality, Welfare State

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Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence

KOF Working Paper No. 192
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher and Justina A. V. Fischer
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, Heidelberg University and Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
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Happiness, institutions, policy implications

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Social Trust and the Growth of Schooling

Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics Working Paper No. 07-6
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 26 Jun 2007
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Trust, Schooling, Economic development

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Does Economic Freedom Really Kill? On the Association between ‘Neoliberal’ Reform and Homicide Rates

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 May 2012
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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homicide, crime, economic freedom, liberalization

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Social Trust Fosters an Ability to Help Those in Need: Jewish Refugees in the Nazi Era

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2013
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Social trust, institutional quality, path dependence

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Growth, Inequality and Economic Freedom: Evidence from the US States

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Nov 2015
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Inequality, economic freedom, growth

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Are Debt Repayment Incentives Undermined by Foreign Aid?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Aug 2010
Christian Bjørnskov and Philipp J. H. Schröder
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Aarhus University - Faculty of Business Administration
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Foreign aid, external debt, debt service, political economy

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Constitutional Garrulity and Social Trust

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Jun 2013
Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
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Constitutional political economy, social trust

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What Aspects of Society Affect the Quality of Life of a Minority? Global Evidence from the New Gay Happiness Index

Social Indicators Research, Forthcoming, IFN Working Paper No. 1101
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2016
Niclas Berggren, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
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Gays, homosexuality, minorities, happiness, wellbeing, life satisfaction, institutions, democracy, globalization

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Economic Shocks and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

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Economic Shocks and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 04 Mar 2013
Jacob Gerner Hariri, Christian Bjørnskov and Mogens K. Justesen
University of Copenhagen - Department of Political Science and Department of Economics, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Copenhagen Business School
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subjective well-being, economic shocks, currency devaluation, quasi-experiment

Economic Shocks and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7209
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Jacob Gerner Hariri, Christian Bjørnskov and Mogens K. Justesen
University of Copenhagen - Department of Political Science and Department of Economics, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Copenhagen Business School
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Economic Theory & Research, Debt Markets, Currencies and Exchange Rates, Fiscal & Monetary Policy, Emerging Markets

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Can Bribes Buy Protection against International Competition?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Aug 2009
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Trade Policy, Rent-seeking, Corruption

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Who Likes Whom in Europe?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 May 2016
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Wellbeing, International Organization

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Dealing with Disaster - Analyzing the Emergency Constitutions of the U.S. States

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Jul 2017
Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
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constitutional emergency provisions, state of emergency, état de siege, regime transformation

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Trust Us to Repay: Social Trust, Long-Term Interest Rates and Sovereign Credit Rating

IFN Working Paper No. 1039
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Jan 2015
Andreas Bergh and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Trust, credit ratings, interest rates, economic reforms

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On the Relation between Income Inequality and Happiness: Do Fairness Perceptions Matter

KOF Working Paper No. 245, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH Zurich
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Dec 2009
Christian Bjørnskov, Axel Dreher, Justina A. V. Fischer and Jan Schnellenbach
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, Heidelberg University, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Institute for Economics, Chair for Microeconomics
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happiness, life satisfaction, subjective well-being, inequality, income distribution, redistribution, political ideology, justice, fairness, World Values Survey

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Legitimacy and the Cost of Government

IFN Working Paper No. 1045
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 01 Nov 2014
Niclas Berggren, Christian Bjørnskov and David Lipka
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Anglo-American University
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Legitimacy, Economic growth, Size of government, Confidence, Trust

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When Does Government Ideology Matter? Evidence from Subjective Well-Being in Europe

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Oct 2014
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Governance, life satisfaction, public choice, issue ownership

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Do Voters Dislike Liberalizing Reforms? New Evidence Using Data on Satisfaction with Democracy

IFN Working Paper No. 1197
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 13 Feb 2018
Niclas Berggren and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Government satisfaction, reforms, crisis, public choice, voting, institutions

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Do Equal Rights for a Minority Affect General Life Satisfaction?

IFN Working Paper No. 1156
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Mar 2017
Niclas Berggren, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)
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Life satisfaction, same-sex marriage, rights, institutions, culture, immigration, tolerance, gays and lesbians, minorities, integration

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The Market-Promoting and Market-Preserving Role of Social Trust in Reforms of Policies and Institutions

Forthcoming in Southern Economic Journal, IFN Working Paper No. 1152
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2017
Niclas Berggren and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Reforms, Liberalization, Social Trust, Ideology, Fractionalization, Coalition Government

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How Persistent is Life Satisfaction? Evidence From European Immigration

IFN Working Paper No. 1206, 2018
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Apr 2018
Niclas Berggren, Andreas Bergh, Christian Bjørnskov and Shiori Tanaka
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and Tokyo Institute of Technology - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Students
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Life Satisfaction, Happiness, Life Satisfaction, Heritability, Culture, Immigration

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The Happy Few: Cross-Country Evidence on Social Capital and Life Satisfaction

Kyklos, Vol. 56, pp. 3-16, 2003
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Apr 2003
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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And Yet It Grows: Crisis, Ideology, and Interventionist Policy Ratchets

IFN Working Paper No. 1135
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 10 Oct 2016
Christian Bjørnskov and Martin Rode
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Navarra
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Economic Crisis, Regulation, Government Consumption, Government Ideology

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More Power to Government = More People Killed? – On Some Unexpected Effects of Constitutional Emergency Provisions during Natural Disasters

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Jun 2018
Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law & Economics
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constitutional emergency provisions, state of emergency, état de siege, regime transformation, positive constitutional economics

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Foreign Aid and the Real Price of Investments

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Nov 2009
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Regime Types and Regime Change: A New Dataset

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Aug 2018
Christian Bjørnskov and Martin Rode
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and University of Navarra
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Political Regimes, Regime Transitions, Measurement, Colonialism

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Why Do Military Dictatorships Become Presidential Democracies? Mapping the Democratic Interests of Autocratic Regimes

IFN Working Paper No. 1194
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Dec 2017
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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dictatorship, democracy, political institutions

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Coups, Regime Transition, and the Dynamics of Press Freedom

CESifo Working Paper No. 7198
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 31 Oct 2018
Christian Bjørnskov, Andreas Freytag and Jerg Gutmann
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, University of Jena - Department of Economics and University of Hamburg - Institute of Law and Economics
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coup, political instability, press freedom

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Regulation and Government Debt

IFN Working Paper No. 1239
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Nov 2018
Niclas Berggren and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Debt, Economic freedom, Regulation, Markets, Stimulus, Keynesianism

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Differences Matter: The Effect of Coup Types on Physical Integrity Rights

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Dec 2018
Christian Bjørnskov and Katharina Pfaff
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and WU Vienna - Institute for Sociology and Empirical Social Research
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Coups, repression, political economy

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Politics and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe

Economics of Transition, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 201-230, 2011
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Mar 2011
Christian Bjørnskov and Niklas Potrafke
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute
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Central and Eastern Europe, privatization, ideology, panel data

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Historical Trust Levels Predict the Current Size of the Welfare State

Kyklos, Vol. 64, Issue 1, pp. 1-19, 2011
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Jan 2011
Andreas Bergh and Christian Bjørnskov
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Do Liberalising Reforms Harm the Environment? Evidence from the Post‐Communist Transition

Economic Affairs, Vol. 38, Issue 1, pp. 22-37, 2018
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 12 Feb 2018
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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economic freedom, environmental performance, liberalisation

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Growth, Inequality, and Economic Freedom: Evidence from the U.S. States

Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 35, Issue 3, pp. 518-531, 2017
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 May 2017
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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Social Trust and Fractionalization: A Possible Reinterpretation

European Sociological Review, Vol. 24, Issue 3, pp. 271-283, 2008
Posted: 05 Aug 2009
Christian Bjørnskov
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business

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Populism and Constitutional Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean

Number of pages: 38
Andrea Sáenz de Viteri and Christian Bjørnskov
University of Navarra - School of Economics and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business
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